Washing-machine



(No Model.)

J. A. LOOMIS.

WASHING MACHINE.

Patented Nov. 3, 1885.

WITNESSES INVENT ATTORNEYS N. PErERS, Phammhu ra lmn Waihinglnn. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT JAMES A. LOOMIS, OF ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent N0. 329,577, dated November 3, 1885.

Application filed August 16, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES A. LooMIs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Arkansas City, in the county of Cowley and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vashing-Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a side View, part sectional, of my device. Fig. 2isacross-sectional view, andFig. 3 is a bottom view.

This invention has relation to clothes-washers of that class which are operated by intermittent pressure upon the clothes in the tub.

The invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating this invention, the letter A designates the outer or main pressure-shell, which is made in elongated form with rounded ends and A form in cross-section. The ridgeB is straight between the corners,which are perforated for the passage of the air pipes or tubes 0 O, which are firmly soldered in the perforations, and are strengthened in position by the frustum-braces D. The upper ends of the tubes 0 G are connected by the handle E, which is rigidly secured thereto, and is braced by the corner-pieces F. Above the frustum-braces perforations G are made in the tubes 0. WVithin the shell A is located a second shell, H, of similar form, but constructed upon a sharper angle, so that the interval K, which extends entirely around between the inner and outer shells, will be smaller at its upper portion than at the base. Over the ridge L of the inner shell the side portions of the interspace K communicate by the passage m. The base edge of the outer shell extends below the level of that of the inner shell, and the cross-braces N serve to connect these marginal portions of the two shells and hold them Serial No.140,737. (No model.)

in rigid relative position. The middle portions, p, of these braces are bent upward in concave form, as shown. The tubes 0 project downward within the inner shell, and at about the middle of the depth thereof are provided with enlargements It, which are perforated at a. These enlargements receive the disk-valves V, which are made of metal covered with layers of sheet-rubber, and serve as guards for the same. The ends I) of the tubes 0 project within the enlargements or guards R and form seats, on which the valvedisk rest when drawn up by the tension of the springs S, the upper ends of which are hooked in the perforations of the tubes 0 above the frustum-braces, so that the springs and valves may be readily and quickly removed when clogged and put in working condition. In the sides of the inner pressure-shell, H, at about the level of the lower ends of the enlargements or guides R, perforations z are made. The outer shell is imperforate.

This washing device is designed to be operated by intermittent pressure upon the artieles to be cleansed, which are placed in the suds in the tub. The perforated tubes 0 let the air down into the inner shell through the valve-seats when the instrument is raised, so that the labor of using it is diminished. The springs S are not designed to have great strength, their tension being sufficient, however, to hold the valves to their seats when the air-pressure is normal. Air and water are designed to be forced by this pressure device into and through the clothes without injuring the same by rubbing. It saves the hands, and will be found to operate efficiently.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. In a clothes-pounder, the combination, with the inner and outer shells, A and H, of the perforated tubes 0 0, having their upper ends connected by the handle and their lower ends projecting within the guard, enlarge ments R, to form seats for the valves, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the inner and outer shells, the perforated tubes 0, and their guard enlargements, of the disk-valves and springs, as specified.

3. The clothes-pounders consisting of the valves surrounded by guards, as described,

outer elongated A-forin she1],A, the inner pers and springs in said tubes engagingnthe perfoforated shell, H, of sharper angle, the crossrations thereof, the whole adapted to serve braces, the tubes 0 O, projecting within the with inner and outer cones, substantially as 15 inner shell, and having the guards R, the hanspecified.

dle, the frustu'm-braces D, the corner-braces In testimony whereof I affix my signature in F, the removable valves, and springs, substan- I presence of two witnesses.

tially as specified. 1

JAMES A. LOOMIS. 4. In a clothes-pounder, the combination, Witnesses: with the tubes 0, having their upper ends GEO. A. PERRY, connected bya handle, of the removable disk- H. S. LUNDY. 

